Terrible Slaughter Of Cecil The Lion

Dentist Walter Palmer not only took this awesome creature in a most unsportsman like way, he has enshrined himself as the poster child of what is wrong with hunting for sport alone, and in a greater sense, what is wrong with the world of wealth buying its own rules, its own ethics.

Mr. Palmer's deed is yet another example of the corrosive effects of wealth without ethics or empathy and robbed the entire world, for a mere moment of self absorbed glory.

I don't begrudge this man for the hard work and skill he used to get where he is. He probably rightfully worked for what he accumulated. I curse him for selling out his soul. Clearly he used his wealth to change the rules, to bend the arc of decency to the breaking point and beyond.

With power, with wealth, comes responsibility. Mr. Palmer and those like him, need to digest this. They can’t take their money with them, but they can sure leave a legacy, good or bad, it’s their choice.